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A Review of Electrically Driven Soft Actuators for Soft Robotics [PDF]

Micromachines, 2022
In recent years, the field of soft robotics has gained much attention by virtue of its aptness to work in certain environments unsuitable for traditional rigid robotics.
Dan Sameoto
exaly   +5 more sources

Untethered soft actuators for soft standalone robotics. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Soft actuators produce the mechanical force needed for the functional movements of soft robots, but they suffer from critical drawbacks since previously reported soft actuators often rely on electrical wires or pneumatic tubes for the power supply, which
Jung Y, Kwon K, Lee J, Ko SH.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Soft Robotics: A Review of Recent Developments of Pneumatic Soft Actuators

Actuators, 2020
This paper focuses on the recent development of soft pneumatic actuators for soft robotics over the past few years, concentrating on the following four categories: control systems, material and construction, modeling, and sensors.
Minchul Shin
exaly   +3 more sources

Responsive soft actuators with MXene nanomaterials

Responsive materials
Compared with traditional rigid actuators, soft actuators exhibit a large number of advantages, including enhanced flexibility, reconfigurability, and adaptability, which motivate us to develop artificial soft actuators with widespread applications. Soft
Xinhua Xu, Quan Li, Ling Wang
exaly   +2 more sources

MXenes for Bioinspired Soft Actuators: Advancements in Angle-Independent Structural Colors and Beyond. [PDF]

Nanomicro Lett
Highlights MXene-based soft actuators with angle-independent structural colors have the potential to contribute to various fields, including display technologies, camouflage systems, sensors, and beyond.
Iravani S, Varma RS.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Bioinspired Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Soft Actuators. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Biological species can walk, swim, fly, jump, and climb with fast response speeds and motion complexity. These remarkable functions are accomplished by means of soft actuation organisms, which are commonly composed of muscle tissue systems.
Wang Z, Chen Y, Ma Y, Wang J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Alginate Sphere-Based Soft Actuators. [PDF]

Gels
Alginate hydrogels offer distinct advantages as ionically crosslinked, biocompatible networks that can be shaped into spherical beads with high compositional flexibility.
Khanam US, Jeong HT, Mutlu R, Aziz S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Self-sustainable autonomous soft actuators. [PDF]

Commun Chem
Self-sustainable autonomous locomotion is a non-equilibrium phenomenon and an advanced intelligence of soft-bodied organisms that exhibit the abilities of perception, feedback, decision-making, and self-sustainment.
Nie ZZ, Wang M, Yang H.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Silicone-layered waterproof electrohydraulic soft actuators for bio-inspired underwater robots. [PDF]

Front Robot AI
Electrohydraulic soft actuators are a promising soft actuation technology for constructing bio-inspired underwater robots owing to the features of this technology such as large deformations and forces, fast responses, and high electromechanical ...
Shibuya T, Watanabe S, Shintake J.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Review on Research Progress of Hydraulic Powered Soft Actuators

Energies, 2022
Soft actuators have received extensive attention in robotics and smart device applications due to their distinctive dexterity and compliance. Among them, hydraulic soft actuators play an important role in the area because they have much higher specific ...
Hu Shi, Kun Tan, Boyang Zhang, Wenqiao Liu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source